Romanian lawmakers on Monday started debates on the no-confidence motion over the wage law for 2011, submitted in parliament by opposition liberals and social democrats last week, after Prime Minister Emil Boc sought a confidence vote to pass the bill into legislation. read more...

The Romanian opposition's no-confidence motion over the public sector wage frame-law will be read on Monday and debated Thursday morning, the Parliament decided. read more...

Romanian actress Rodica Tapalaga died Sunday at 71, after a long illness. Her son, Barbu Popescu, said the actress was suffering from a number of illnesses, the most severe of which was collagenosis. read more...

The Romanian women's national handball team defeated 16-15 (9-7) Denmark in the third place playoff of the European Championship. read more...

The Alliance of Employer Confederations in Romania (ACPR) rejects as illegitimate the private sector national collective work contract signed Friday by unions and four employer confederations, the alliance said in a press release Saturday. read more...

The Social Democrats plan to block the promulgation of the law on salaries by postponing debates on the motions of censure that were submitted by the Opposition. According to Parliamentary sources, the opposition intentionally missed Friday the meeting in the Parliament when the second motion of censure was supposed to be read. read more...

Bucharest city hall general counsellors rejected on Friday the draft project regarding Bucharest's candidacy to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. After half an hour of debates, in which counsellors opinionated that the project is futuristic, unachievable, their vote rejected the project. read more...

Shops selling products made from hallucinogenic plants and located within 1.5 km of a school, dorm, hospital, church or train station have been banned in Bucharest, as per a decision by the city's council. read more...

The Constitutional Court decided to debate on December 22nd the complaints of the Social Democrats, Conservatives and Liberals on the law on education, Romanian news agency Agerpres informs. read more...

President Traian Basescu signed on Wednesday the decree to promulgate the law on pensions, the presidency informs. The law was also declared constitutional by the Constitutional Court earlier today. read more...

Former ministers Nagy Zsolt an Tudor Chiuariu were indicted in the Romanian National Post file accused of abuse of service contrary to public interest with very serious consequences, anti graft prosecutors announced in the press release. read more...

Romanian Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana on Wednesday challenged the education law, arguing that its adoption through a vote of confidence in the Government was unconstitutional, but also contesting its content. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu told Hotnews Wednesday that few Romanians blame the High Council of Magistrates (CSM) for the situation of the country’s justice system and prefer to hold politicians, the Government and the president responsible for problems in the sector. read more...

PSD leader Victor Ponta declared on Wednesday morning that Social Democrats, together with the Liberals and Conservatives will submit two motions of censure on the unique salary scheme law and the 2011 salary law. read more...

The rulings of the unique pension scheme are constitutional, Romania's Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday rejecting the claims submitted by Social Democrats and Liberals, Romanian news agency Agerpres informs. read more...

Almost a third of the Romanians, about 31% would emigrate for good if they would have the possibility, a Gallup survey released on Tuesday, quoted by Romanian news agency Mediafax reads. Romanians are second after the British at 33%. read more...

Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Wednesday on public radio the opposition’s goal is for the country to derail so that businessmen that are behind opposition leader can rebuild their fortunes affected by the crisis. read more...

Romania’s Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled the pension law reexamined and adopted by the Parliament at the president’s request is constitutional, rejecting opposition liberals’ claims. read more...

Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party leader Victor Ponta said Wednesday the opposition will submit two motions of no-confidence in Parliament over the wage law for 2011 and the unitary wage law, for which the Government sought MPs' confidence vote Tuesday. read more...

The earnings from the sale of TV royalties have allowed several clubs in the First League to avoid bankruptcy this championship season. read more...